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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 23, 1982)
EIGHT-TTie Hrppnrr Gatette-Timei. Heppner, Oregon. Thursday. September , 19H2 Final Yard of the Month Veteran's field service unit to visit chosen in Heppner Bake & rummage sale slated iff - A"' r, fr - J SrK'UVT j.r "JA DAV visits Hei Thursday. Sopt. 30, I a DAV spokespe W;VT . J DAV's office-equi a j i 1 i 55 T, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Garrison Local veterans and their families can take advantage of free veterans' benefits counseling and claim filing assistance when a field ser vice unit of the nonprofit Disable American Veterans (DAV) visits Hermiston on announced kesperson. The office-equipped van. manned by a highly trained veterans' benefits expert will be located at Civic Recreation Center. These field service units are generally open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., the spokes person said. Due to several changes in veterans" entitlements during the past year, DAV officials expect a large turnout of veterans and their families this year as the organization's mobile service offices visit communities from coast to coast for the ninth straight year. "People are going to have questions," explained DAV National Service Director Arihur H. Wilson. i-The DAV wants to make sure veterans and their families get straight answers from experts who are on their side - who are inde pendent of any government agency. This is particularly important at a time when the government is trying to cut back spending." Veterans need not be mem bers of the DAV to take advantage of this free service. The project is an ex tension of the 62-year-old organisa tion "s National Service Pro gram, which provides a var iety of assistance nt no cost to veterans and their families. Under this program, the as sociation of wartime disabled veterans employs some 3(H) full-time national service of ficers - more than 90 percent f whom wore disabled during the Vietnam War -- at VA facilities across the country. The DAV reminds any vet eran or family member who visits the van to bring the veteran's VA claim number, if available, and Social Security number. These are needed for the purpose of filing claims, the spokesperson concluded. By NKOl.A MACKEY The PATCH Committee will hold a bake and rummage sale on Friday and Saturday, Sep tember 24 and 25, at the Heppner Neighborhood Cen ter. Winter is coming and funds will be needed for emer gency uses in the community. A WIC clinic will be held at the center on Tuesday, Sept. 28. from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. WIC applications and pamphlets explaining the program are available at the center, A flu vaccination clinic will be held at the center from 1 to Food stamp applications are available at the center. A blood pressure clinic will be held at the center on Wed., Oct. 6, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. This service is conducted free by Morrow County Health Nurse Pat Wright. A food drying class will be held Friday, Oct. 1 at 10:30 a m, at the center. Instruc tions will be given on how to build an Inexpensive solar food dryer. The class is free, 3 p m. on Wednesday, Sept. 29. LIU) I5COUI niCCting at the center Tat Wright. .. . ,.L to be held Mon. By JUSTIN E WEATHERFORD For the month beginning Sept. 15 and ending Oct. 15, Heppner 's Yard of the Month - this year's final selection -is located at 245 West Balti more surrounding the home of Ernest and Roberta Garrison. What a colorful variety of flowers and fruits and vege tables they have on their 110 by 67 foot lot. Many folks might not re cognize or be able to give names to the many plants thriving there, including vivid zinnias, dwarf and large mari golds, huge white and colored dahlias and roses. The yard is also colored with petunias, cannas. gladioli, sweetpeas, snapdragons, chrysanthe mum, summer crocus, and a great clump of goldenrod. Of course the spring and early summer flowers are gone, yet the greenery of the violets, iris and peonies still lingers. Toward the back of the attractive home the food plants become visible: toma toes, grapes, parsnips, apples and berries. Ernie says they have had fine beans, squash, carrots, and beets. Earlier they had lettuce and radishes. The shrubbery around the house is, in places, too mature now. "Next year I hope to take some of it out and have the place looking different," Gar rison says. He points out that the purple clematis on the east side of the house is now blooming for the second time. They have many other shrubs, including lilacs, yew, various cedars, wisteria, Oregon grape and hawthorn. Their perfectly shaped, beautifully full blue spruce tree, all 24 plus feet high, may become a Christmas present to the community. They plan to offer it to the city for display on Main Street. It is a truly magnificient tree, but has become too large for their yard and too large for them to keep pruned. Ernest Garrison was i well known builder in Heppner from 1955 until about 1974 when he retired. Roberta de signed the house they enjoy, which was built where an old three-story house formerly stood, reusing some of the material from the big. older dwelling. The Garrisons save the seeds from their zinnias and marigolds and replant them in masses each succeeding year. However, he says that he buys new vegetable seeds each year. After viewing the Garrison yard, one may come away feeling elated about garden ing, but feeling like their achievement would not be at all easy to match. The Hep pner Garden Club and the Chamber of Commerce con gradulate them. Environmental logger of the Year award offered lone woman home again Edith Nichoson of lone has returned to her home after being a patient at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner. A $500 reward has been offered for the logging crew who has done the most outstanding job protecting the forest environment while conducting a commercial operation in Oregon, announced OFIC (Oregon Forest Industries Council). The Environmental Logger of the Year award is being offered jointly by OFIC and Associated Oregon Loggers. Besides the $500. each mem ber of the crew responsible for helping with the award will receive a pair of gold logging suspenders which read, "Environmental Logger 1982." The winning company will receive a wall plaque, said OFIC. The winner will be selected for consistently going above and beyond the requirements of the Oregon Forest Prac tices Act which is aimed at protecting the soil, water, fish and wildlife and other aspects of the forest environment. The selection committee will be looking for that extra effort or innovative approach to pro tect the environment. A five-member selection committee representing the Oregon Forest Industries Council, Associated Oregon Loggers, Department of Envi ronmental Quality, Depart ment of Forestry and the public will make the selection from the four regional "Oper ator of the Year" winners selected annually by the Ore gon State Board of Forestry. The criteria for those awards are the same. The 1982 award will he presented at the Associated Oregon Loggers Annual Con vention Jan 14-15. 198.1, at Valley River Inn in Eugene. An organizational meeting of Cub Scout Pack 661 will be held Monday, Sept. 27, 7 p.m., at the Heppner Elks Lodge, announced Bobbi Angell, lead er. Any boy tx-tween eight and 1 1 years old who is not already a member of the scouting program, is welcome to attend the meeting with his parents, she said. All present scouts are asked to attend the meeting with their parents. Any boy no longer in Cub Scouts who has a cub scout shirt he can no longer wear, is asked to notify Angell, at 676-9235. Morrow County health nurse. will conduct the clinic, A small fee will foe charged to cover supplies and handling. Volunteers are still needed for the center's wood heating project for local senior citi zens Many seniors aren't able to get wood to heat their homes and people are needed lo help deliver the wood. If interested, please call the cen ter, at 676 5873, Food for emergency uses is also needed The center tries to keep plenty on hand but the cuptmards are getting bare. Adult and Familv Services counselor Janet Phillips will be available at the center on Wednesday, October 6, from 9 a m. to 12 noon. If wiry! Filial Weeli of LEE'S CARPET SALE Sale Ends Mon., Sept. 27 Save $250 to 650 per Yd. Hundreds of Colors Thirteen Styles to Choose From Call for Appointment 676 9418 - mm - i7:- i i FOR YOUR FALL FERTILIZING NEEDS WE'RE HERE TO SERVE YOU!! 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